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Twitter is now rolling out the ability for you to click on stock symbols with a $ sign in front of them. Once you click them, you’ll be able to see all of the conversation about a particular company, much like you would a hashtag. Sadly, the embeds haven’t been updated to reflect the feature Continue Reading →

Microsoft has already made its “decision” engine get all buddy-buddy with Facebook and Twitter, but now it’s taking the integration one step further. You’ll now actually be able to tag your friends in searches. Why, pray tell, would you need to do such a thing? Perhaps you’ve got a buddy who grew up in Paris Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer chats with Steve Lacy and Tai Hernandez on Fox 5’s Good Day Wake Up about changes to Facebook, Gmail and Twitter. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120731_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The Olympic Games are in full swing and it is by far the most connected games the world has ever seen.  So far, this has been both a blessing and a curse. The results are spreading faster than ever before via Twitter and other social media networks. Continue Reading →

When Twitter went down on June 21 and now on July 26, a fissure was opened in the fabric of the digital universe but life went on. For those few hours, most of the 500 million or so people who use Twitter paused, briefly discussed life without Twitter with their friends and colleagues. They may Continue Reading →

Twitter’s CEO told a group of reporters and editors at The New York Times yesterday that the service would soon allow users to download ‘a file’ of all of their Tweets, reports Jenna Wortham. This ability was touted by CEO Dick Costolo: “We’re working on a tool to let users export all of their tweets,” Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120725_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Apple’s newest operating system, Mountain Lion, has finally arrived.  Let’s take a look at the new features it will bring to your Mac: Mountain Lion is more compatible with other iDevices than past operating systems. iCloud plays a much greater role, allowing for easy syncing of media, Continue Reading →

Apple says the next major version of its Mac operating system will roll out to consumers tomorrow morning. The news came tucked inside Apple’s third-fiscal-quarter earnings release where Apple reported earnings of $9.32 per share on revenues of $35 billion. The company pulled the same announcement trick for OS X 10.7, announcing its next-day availability Continue Reading →

Sad news for global travellers looking to keep up with Gmail and Twitter on their Amazon e-reader. The online book seller has started closing in on excessive free web browsing, policing a 50MB data limit on its keyboard Kindle iterations. According to users on MobileRead, you’ll still be able to browse Amazon’s Kindle store and Continue Reading →

(Content originally posted at Keller Fay.) One of the key themes of this blog and my recent book is that the opportunities for business to engage in social marketing extend far beyond online social media such as Facebook or Twitter. Media and marketing of all types drive word of mouth conversation – for example, what people see on television Continue Reading →